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92_SB1937

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to firearms.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section   5.   The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act
 5    is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

 6        (430 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2)
 7        Sec. 2.  Firearm Owner's  Identification  Card  required;
 8    exceptions.
 9        (a) (1)  No  person  may acquire or possess a any firearm
10    within this State without having in his or her  possession  a
11    Firearm  Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his
12    or her name by the  Department  of  State  Police  under  the
13    provisions of this Act.
14        (2)  No  person may acquire or possess firearm ammunition
15    within this State without having in his or her  possession  a
16    Firearm  Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his
17    or her name by the  Department  of  State  Police  under  the
18    provisions of this Act.
19        (b)  The   provisions   of  this  Section  regarding  the
20    possession of firearms and firearm ammunition  do  not  apply
21    to:
22             (1)  United  States  Marshals,  while engaged in the
23        operation of their official duties;
24             (2)  Members of  the  Armed  Forces  of  the  United
25        States  or  the  National  Guard,  while  engaged  in the
26        operation of their official duties;
27             (3)  Federal officials required to  carry  firearms,
28        while engaged in the operation of their official duties;
29             (4)  Members  of  bona  fide  veterans organizations
30        which receive firearms directly from the armed forces  of
31        the   United   States,   while  using  the  firearms  for
 
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 1        ceremonial purposes with blank ammunition;
 2             (5)  Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with
 3        valid nonresident hunting licenses and while in  an  area
 4        where  hunting  is permitted; however, at all other times
 5        and in all other places these  persons  must  have  their
 6        firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
 7             (6)  Those  hunters  exempt from obtaining a hunting
 8        license who are required to submit their Firearm  Owner's
 9        Identification Card when hunting on Department of Natural
10        Resources owned or managed sites;
11             (7)  Nonresidents  while  on  a  firing  or shooting
12        range recognized  by  the  Department  of  State  Police;
13        however, these persons must at all other times and in all
14        other places have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in
15        a case;
16             (8)  Nonresidents  while  at  a  firearm  showing or
17        display recognized by the  Department  of  State  Police;
18        however, at all other times and in all other places these
19        persons must have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in
20        a case;
21             (9)  Nonresidents  whose  firearms  are unloaded and
22        enclosed in a case;
23             (10)  Nonresidents who  are  currently  licensed  or
24        registered to possess a firearm in their resident state;
25             (11)  Unemancipated  minors while in the custody and
26        immediate control of their parent or  legal  guardian  or
27        other  person in loco parentis to the minor if the parent
28        or legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to the
29        minor   has   a   currently   valid    Firearm    Owner's
30        Identification Card;
31             (12)  Color    guards    of   bona   fide   veterans
32        organizations or members of  bona  fide  American  Legion
33        bands  while  using firearms for ceremonial purposes with
34        blank ammunition;
 
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 1             (13)  Nonresident hunters whose state  of  residence
 2        does  not  require  them  to be licensed or registered to
 3        possess a firearm and only during  hunting  season,  with
 4        valid hunting licenses, while accompanied by, and using a
 5        firearm  owned by, a person who possesses a valid Firearm
 6        Owner's Identification Card and while in an area within a
 7        commercial club licensed under the  Wildlife  Code  where
 8        hunting  is  permitted and controlled, but in no instance
 9        upon sites owned or managed by the Department of  Natural
10        Resources; and
11             (14)  Resident  hunters  who are properly authorized
12        to hunt and, while accompanied by a person who  possesses
13        a  valid  Firearm Owner's Identification Card, hunt in an
14        area within a commercial club licensed under the Wildlife
15        Code where hunting is permitted and controlled.
16        (c)  The  provisions  of  this  Section   regarding   the
17    acquisition and possession of firearms and firearm ammunition
18    do  not  apply  to  law  enforcement officials of this or any
19    other jurisdiction, while engaged in the operation  of  their
20    official duties.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-694, eff. 4-13-00.)

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